NATMA life time member, Dr. Ming-Lon Young, shares
his experience in Haiti, right after the earthquake
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The above are photo albums from the trip. The condition in Port-au-Prince is unspeakable like a living hell. The survivals
are in need of drinking water, food and cloths. Medical care is either lacking or inadequate. Taiwan Root and Project Haiti
Heart Team did what we could running clinic at the Taiwan's Oversea Engineering and Construction Corporation (OECC) site
in the daytime and covering General Hospital Emergency tents, Internal Medicine Ward and Pediatric tents at
night. Everyone just worked and worked until exhausted trying to save lives, doing wound care, and giving comfort to the
patients and their families. All relief workers and US airborne army soldiers stationed in the General Hospital were so
impressed by Taiwan team's hard work and compassionate care to these suffering people.
Many thanks to Taiwan's Oversea Engineering and Construction Corporation (OECC), Dominica Republic Taiwan Commerce
Association, DR and Haiti Embassy's big help in all logistic planning, and providing transportation, food and lodging for the
team. Project Haiti Heart second team led by Dr. Serge Geffrard is there now (left from Atlanta to Santa Domingo on
1/29/10) to continue our work.
Our Formosa Ob-Gyn Clinic at Fonds Parisiens is now running beautifully. The Vermont surgical team is operating there
now. Pastor Etienne Prophete of Christian Haitian Mission is organizing different teams from US to come at different weeks
to work there. Since the Haiti government is planning to relocate 500,000 people refugee there and our Clinic is the only
Hospital in the vicinity, Formosa Ob-Gyn Clinic is becoming locally famous and in the same time it is becoming very
important for patient care at the East side of Haiti. My deep thanks to all our previous donors to make this PHH dream
come true and thanks Taiwan's Oversea Engineering and Construction Corporation (OECC) in Haiti built it so beautifully and
sturdy not affected by the earthquake (and it is 1.5 hours away from epicenter).
Thanks for all your donation and we will need more to help the survivals in the short and long run. I will try to write a full
report later.
For Donation, please write to: Project Haiti Heart, send to Dr. Ming Young, 7600 SW 124th Street, Miami, FL 33156. Project
Haiti Heart is co-founded by Dr. Geffrard (a Haitian American) and Dr. Ming-Lon Young (a tax exempt nonprofit
organization).
May God gives us strength to help our brothers and sisters in Haiti.
楊明倫 Ming-Lon Young, MD, MPH, FAAP, FACC, MAAC
Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami